Colombia

Citizen Technical Table for the Air Quality in Bogotá (MECAB)

The Citizen Technical Table for the Air Quality in Bogotá (span. MECAB) is a collegiate body of citizens created to follow up on the Pact for Air Quality of Bogotá. It functions as an advisory body for the Mayor's Office and can issue recommendations and influence the process to improve the air quality in the city. It is made up of citizens who come from the public, private, academic, and organized civil society sectors. Since it was created in 2018, it has carried out several institutional and social actions, such as participating in the public tender for the renovation of the city's transport system, cpnducting various information campaigns on health, the promotion of the formation of the Citizen Network for Air Quality, conducting various meetings of open and restricted character to discuss actions with diverse stakeholders interested in improving air quality, interventions in public opinion, and control of progress in relation to the goals of the District Development Plan.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization
only backed by a governmental program or policy 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
citizens civil society  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields a non-binding decision  
Co-Governance
yes 

Means


  • Deliberation
  • Direct Voting
  • E-Participation
  • Citizen Representation

Ends


  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Rule of Law
  • Political Inclusion
  • Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting
Formulation and decision-making
Implementation
Evaluation

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